# 2018–19 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen finished 2018–19 Eredivisie season as 8th.
The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. FC Groningen lost 2–0 against FC Twente in the 1st round and are eliminated from the cup.
Mimoun Mahi was the top scorer of the club in this season with 8 goals in Eredivisie.
Sergio Padt was the most appeared player in this season with 37 appearances; 36 appearances in Eredivisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup. (3rd consecutive season)

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Sergio Padt |
| 4 | DF | NED | Mike te Wierik |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Samir Memišević |
| 6 | MF | NED | Ludovit Reis |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Iliass Bel Hassani |
| 9 | FW | NED | Kaj Sierhuis |
| 9 | FW | COL | Mateo Cassierra |
| 10 | FW | MAR | Mimoun Mahi |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Jannik Pohl |
| 12 | DF | NED | Lars Kramer |
| 14 | FW | NED | Mohamed El Hankouri |
| 14 | FW | MEX | Uriel Antuna |
| 15 | MF | NED | Thomas Bruns |
| 16 | GK | BEL | Kevin Begois |
| 17 | MF | NED | Jesper Drost |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Ko Itakura |
| 18 | FW | GUI | Ahmad Mendes Moreira |
| 19 | FW | NED | Paul Gladon |
| 19 | FW | NED | Tom van Weert |
| 20 | DF | NED | Amir Absalem |
| 22 | MF | NED | Michael Breij |
| 21 | DF | NED | Django Warmerdam |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Ajdin Hrustic |
| 24 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot |
| 29 | DF | GER | Tim Handwerker |
| 31 | GK | NED | Jan Hoekstra |
| 36 | MF | NED | Tom van de Looi |
| 42 | DF | NED | Deyovaisio Zeefuik |
| 45 | GK | NED | Pelle Boevink |
| 53 | DF | NED | Tapmahoe Sopacua |
| 58 | MF | NED | Daniël van Kaam |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Ahmad Mendes Moreira | Kozakken Boys | Free | 1 Jul 2018 |
| DF | Tim Handwerker | 1. FC Köln | On loan | 14 Aug 2018 |
| DF | Jeff Chabot | Sparta Rotterdam | €1,200,000 | 16 Jul 2018 |
| FW | Jannik Pohl | AaB Fodbold | Free | 29 Aug 2018 |
| MF | Iliass Bel Hassani | AZ Alkmaar | On loan | 1 Jan 2019 |
| FW | Kaj Sierhuis | Jong Ajax | On loan | 1 Jan 2019 |
| MF | Thomas Bruns | SBV Vitesse | On loan | 1 Jan 2019 |
| DF | Ko Itakura | Manchester City F.C. | On loan | 15 Jan 2019 |
| FW | Mohamed El Hankouri | Feyenoord | On loan | 16 Jan 2019 |
| FW | Paul Gladon | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. | Free | 16 Jan 2019 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Juninho Bacuna | Huddersfield Town A.F.C. | €2,550,000 | 1 Jul 2018 |
| FW | Lars Veldwijk | Sparta Rotterdam | Free | 1 Jul 2018 |
| MF | Yoell van Nieff | Heracles Almelo | Free | 1 Jul 2018 |
| DF | Kasper Larsen | Maccabi Haifa F.C. | Free | 3 Aug 2018 |
| FW | Tom van Weert | AaB Fodbold | Free | 29 Aug 2018 |
| MF | Jesper Drost | Heracles Almelo | Free | 30 Aug 2018 |
| FW | Uriel Antuna | Manchester City F.C. | End of loan | 31 Dec 2018 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 12 August 2018 | 21 May 2019 | Week 1 | 8th | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 038.89 |
| KNVB | 27 September 2018 | 27 September 2018 | 1st round | 1st round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 037.84 |
Source: Competitions

## Eredivisie
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |

### Matches
#### 2nd half

Vitesse won 4–3 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Scorers

| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Mimoun Mahi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Paul Gladon | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Ritsu Dōan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Samir Memišević | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Kaj Sierhuis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Django Warmerdam | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Thomas Bruns | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Ahmad Mendes Moreira | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Iliass Bel Hassani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Jannik Pohl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Jeff Chabot | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ludovit Reis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mateo Cassierra | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Michael Breij | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mohamed El Hankouri | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Appearances

| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Sergio Padt | 36 | 1 | 37 |
| 2 | Mike te Wierik | 35 | 1 | 36 |
| 2 | Samir Memišević | 35 | 1 | 36 |
| 4 | Tim Handwerker | 33 | 1 | 34 |
| 6 | Ritsu Dōan | 32 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | Ludovit Reis | 31 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Jeff Chabot | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Mimoun Mahi | 28 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Django Warmerdam | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Ajdin Hrustic | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Kaj Sierhuis | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Tom van de Looi | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Thomas Bruns | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Mohamed El Hankouri | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Paul Gladon | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Iliass Bel Hassani | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | Ahmad Mendes Moreira | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | Mateo Cassierra | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 19 | Michael Breij | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 19 | Uriel Antuna | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Jannik Pohl | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 23 | Tim Freriks | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 24 | Amir Absalem | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Jesper Drost | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Tom van Weert | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Daniël van Kaam | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| # | Player | Eredivisie | Total |
| 1 | Sergio Padt | 12 | 12 |
| Total | Total | 12 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| # | Player | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB | KNVB | Total | Total |
| 1 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Ajdin Hrustic | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Ritsu Dōan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Jeff Chabot | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Ludovit Reis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Mike te Wierik | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Thomas Bruns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Tim Handwerker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Jannik Pohl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Mimoun Mahi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Samir Memišević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Ahmad Mendes Moreira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Amir Absalem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Django Warmerdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Kaj Sierhuis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Michael Breij | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mohamed El Hankouri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul Gladon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Sergio Padt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |